OLYMPIA, Wash. – Southern Oregon hit 18-of-39 3-point attempts and produced six double-figure scorers to remain perfect in Cascade Conference play with a 92-51 drubbing of Evergreen (Wash.) on Friday night at the Costantino Recreation Center.
Three weeks after registering their highest 3-point total in 25 years, the Raiders (5-4 overall, 3-0 CCC) submitted the No. 2 entry on that list while shooting 54 percent overall from the field against the Geoducks (1-8, 0-4).
Nine different Raiders made at least one behind the arc, and junior point guard
Teron Bradford led the way by shooting 4-of-6 from deep to score a game-high 14 points. Redshirt-freshman forward
Bryce Dyer turned in his third double-double in five games with 13 points, 12 rebounds and five assists – shooting 5-of-6 from the field and 2-of-3 from 3 – and freshman guard
Gio Evanson drilled 4-of-7 3s to contribute 12 points.
Elijah Jackson and
Cole McAninch scored 11 apiece,
Dominic McGarvey had 10 and
Mason Whittaker added eight for the Raiders, whose reserves outscored Evergreen's entire roster with 53 points combined.
The Raiders closed the first half on a 36-13 surge and led by 27 at the break. They shot 10-of-19 from 3 in the period.
The Geoducks – who have lost 23 consecutive matchups with SOU – got seven points from Gunnar Harroun and no more than six from anyone else. They hit at 31 percent from the field, the lowest clip for an SOU opponent in 25 games dating back to last season.
The Raiders have a 5 p.m. date Saturday at Northwest (Wash.), which dipped to 1-3 in the CCC with Friday's 79-68 loss to Oregon Tech.